Hugh Dacre, 4th Baron Dacre (1335–1383) was an English nobleman. He was born in 1335, the youngest son of

Ralph Dacre, 1st Baron Dacre Ralph (or Ranulph) Dacre, 1st Baron Dacre (ca. 1290 – April 1339) was an English peer. Dacre was the son of Sir William Dacre of Cumberland. In 1321 he was summoned to the House of Lords as Lord Dacre. In 1331 he was appointed High Sherif ...

and his wife

Margaret de Multon, 2nd Baroness Multon of Gilsland Lady Margaret de Multon (died 1361) was the second to hold the title Baroness Multon of Gilsland. The title Baron Multon of Gilsland was created once in the Peerage of England. On 26 August 1307 Thomas de Multon was summoned to parliament as Ba ...

. His two older brothers preceded him in the barony, but both died childless. His brother

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, the second baron, married but died childless in 1361. His brother

Ralph Ralph (pronounced ; or ,) is a male given name of English, Scottish and Irish origin, derived from the Old English ''Rædwulf'' and Radulf, cognate with the Old Norse ''Raðulfr'' (''rað'' "counsel" and ''ulfr'' "wolf"). The most common forms ...

, the third baron, was a clergyman who died unmarried and without issue in 1375. Hugh may have been implicated in his predecessor's death; he and

Nicholas Harrington Sir Nicholas Harrington of Hornby, Lancashire (''c''. 1345/6 – ~1404), was an English Member of Parliament. He was the third and youngest son of Sir John Harrington of Hornby and Katherine Banaster (d. 1359). Early life His father died in 135 ...

were excommunicated by the

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, likely in connection with the murder, and they were both presented for the murder at

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, though they escaped long-term repercussions. Dacre, like many noblemen of his time, pursued a military career. He fought in the

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in France and Flanders. Upon his return to England, he was one of the commissioners of the Western Marches.

Cokayne, George Edward George Edward Cokayne, (29 April 1825 – 6 August 1911), was an English genealogist and long-serving herald at the College of Arms in London, who eventually rose to the rank of Clarenceux King of Arms. He wrote such authoritative and standar ...

br>"Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, and Great Britain, Vol. 3"
pg. 1 Dacre married Ela (or Elizabeth) Maxwell, said to be the daughter of Alexander Maxwell, of the family that owned

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in Scotland. Their son,

succeeded to the barony upon Hugh's death in 1383."Burke's Genealogical and Heraldic History of Peerage, Baronetage, and Knightage"
pg. 939

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Hugh Dacre, 4th Baron Dacre Hugh Dacre, 4th Baron Dacre (1335–1383) was an English nobleman. He was born in 1335, the youngest son of Ralph Dacre, 1st Baron Dacre and his wife Margaret de Multon, 2nd Baroness Multon of Gilsland. His two older brothers preceded him i ...

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